Improvement in creels for spinning-mach inery



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JAMES WATTS, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO LAWRENCE FLYER ANDSPINDLE WORKS, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CREELS FOR SPINNING-MACHINERY.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,199, datedSeptember 30, 1879; application filed April 25, 1879.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES WATTS, of Lawrence, in thecounty of Essex andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Creels forSpinning Machinery, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which represent, in-

Figure l, a perspective view of a creel containing my invention. Figs.2, 2, 3, 3, 4, and 4i" represent, in plan and elevation, diiferent meansfor supporting the upper ends of the bobbin-skewers. Fig. 5 is a view,partly in section, of a bobbin and its skewer enlarged.

In these drawings, A .represents the base or lower part of my creel, thesame bein g a barred frame composed of longitudinal bars with crossstay-pieces. In use this barred frame is disposed alongside of theroller-beam practically by the lower beam in creels heretofore in use.It carries the lower skewer-steps, b.

I employ but one barred frame, and the entire series of bobbin-s a otare supported upon it in a common horizontal plane, and the creel is sosituated with respect to the roller-beam that the upper ends of thebobbins are level with or but slightly above such beam. This enables thespinner to work from the rear of the roller-beam while the mule isrunning, and to clean and oil the rolls, pick the top-clearers, andpiece in the roving, and at the same time have the rest of his workunder his eye. It also permits the rays of light to fall directly uponthe mechanism supported by or connected with the roller-beam, as well asupon the mulecarriage and its adjuncts, thereby prolonging the daylightand economizing use of gas to a certain extent, and enabling themule-tender to perform his labor to much better advantage. In additionto this, the entire spinning-room is lighted up and the inmates are atall times under the eye of the Overseer-a point of no smallilnportance--whilein addition to this much better ventilation issecured. A

To support or guide the upper ends of the skewers a' of the bobbins,Idispcnse with the horizontal beam or plank which has heretofore beenemployed as a support to the upper step, and in lieu of such beam Iemploy, with each two pairs of draft-rollers and four bobbins to supplythe same, a horizontal attenuated bar or rail, c, supported by one ormore posts, d, erected upon the base A 5 and I construct or provide thisrail with hinged or movable bearings or guides for the upper ends of theskewers, in order that the bobbins, especially those at the rear of thecreel and next the draw-rolls, may be lifted out vertically withoutnecessity of removing or disturbing another bobbin.

The bearings or guides which support or steady the upper ends of thevbobbin-skewers may be variously constructed. For instance, in Figs. 2and 2 of the drawings, the rail cis shown as straight throughout itslength and disposed directly over the lower steps b of the skewers, aseries of notches, e e, being formed in the side of the rail toreceivethe upper ends Ot' the skewers, while to each notch a latch or button,f, is employed, pivoted to the rail and adapted to open or close thenotch.

In Figs. 3 and 3fb of the drawings the rail is also representedstraight, but is disposed to one side of the skewer-steps, and isprovided with horizontal hinged arms g g, which extend laterally towardand over the skewer-steps b, and have each a hole or passage, h, in itsouter end, which coincides with the step b below, and serves to receiveand steady the upper end of the skewer.

In Figs. 4 and 4f of the drawings the rail c is shown as also arrangedto one side of the skewer-steps b, and having two central arms, it',pivoted in manner similar to the arms g ot' Figs. 3 and 3a; but theoutermost or rear end, j, ot' the rail, or that nearest the roller-beam,as shown in Figs. 4 and 4, which is also hinged to the rail, is notdisposed at right angles to the latter, but obliquely, in order topermit of easy and expeditious removal of the bobbin without interferingwith the next adjacent bobbin.

The front or nearest end, 7c, of the rail c, under the arrangement shownin Figs. 4 and 4f" of the drawings, may be hinged to the rail as withthe rear arm before alluded to; but it may also be rigid or integralwith the rail, as represented.

In either ofthe instances shown in said Figs. 2, 2, 3, 3e, 4, and 4e, toremove or insert a bobbin it is only necessary to lift the latch or armwhich guides the upper end of its skewer, when the bobbin may be liftedvertically out of the creel withoutdisturbin g its neighbors and withease and rapidity.

I have represented at B and C in the accompanying drawings one pair ofdrawing-rollers, the traverse-guide operating with such rollers beingshown at D, and its trumpet guides or spouts at E E.

In front of the traverse-guides D, and common to all, I dispose ahorizontal rail or rod, F, which serves to prevent the roving, whenbroken and slack, from falling upon and being entangled with themechanism of the rolle-rbeam, and enables the ends of such breken rovingto be easily picked up and pieced.

In the use of the two or three tiered creel, as heretofore employed, therovings from the upper bobbins are carried over a horizontal rod orguide, and thence downward te the drawing-rollers.

To prevent the unwinding of the roving from the bobbns byits overweight,and thus become caught in the above machinery of the rollerbealn, a bandof some tenacious material is secured to the rod or guide, and thisband, in connection with the guide, exerts so much friction upon theroving that the latter is liable to be drawn out or attenuated to acertain extent,

and to make a more uneven yarn than that from the lowermost bobbins, andthe rovings are also frequently broken on account of the extra tension.For this reason the diiculty increases with the increased neness of theroving used.

By my creel, in which the bobbins are all subjected to the sameconditions and the roving is given oli without obstruction and withequal tension, the above objections are avoided,

and I am enabled to produce uniformly perfect c JAMES WATTS.

Witnesses:

F. CURTIS, H. E. LODGE.

